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ARod to earn $6.2 Million more than entire Florida Marlins in 2008
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Well at least the Marlins can find comfort in knowing that A-Rod will be a no show in October like them
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Yanks, Yanks, Yanks, RedSox... how anybody can talk trash as a fan of either of these teams is beyond me... you buy your championships, your wins aremeaningless.
By the way - un-guaranteed contracts would help solve a lot of problems in baseball right now also. Giambi making that much money still is a joke.
By the way - un-guaranteed contracts would help solve a lot of problems in baseball right now also. Giambi making that much money still is a joke.
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Originally Posted by AM 1 FIEND
Well at least the Marlins can find comfort in knowing that A-Rod will be a no show in October like them
Cold blooded.
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Didnt know Giambi was making that much. Hopefully he stays healthy.
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the games wouldn't be empty if the ownership would put out a consistent decent product. do you think anyone is going to visit this new stadium when they still have a $30 million payroll? i don't. marlins attendance will be low as long as the current regime is allowed to put out a terrible product for 162 games.
if you can't afford to pay players, then you need to leave the sport.
Its not the ownership's fault they are losing money by playing in Dolphin Stadium. when they won the world series in 97 they lost over 7 milliondollars. Thats why they need a new ballpark so they can make money off the team and put it back into the team.
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what is that supposed to mean? I shouldn't root for my team because they have the means to get whatever player they want. while i don't agree withhow the yankees spend their money, all of these owners are pretty much billionaires. if they wanted to, they could pay for whoever they wanted. This hashappened in all sports, NFL had its period when Jerry Jones would try to buy everyone, and when Pat Riley and Mickey Arison tried to illegally sign JuwanHoward. btw therefore any championship won in NFL between the start of free agency and the implication of the hard cap is meaningless too.
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The Marlins are a joke if i ever saw one.
The MLB needs a cap in the bad way
The MLB needs a cap in the bad way
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All the money the Yankees spend on their players you would think they win a championship...
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at least he aint like allan houston was for the knicks
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you buy your championships, your wins are meaningless.
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Originally Posted by Frank 7he T4nk
Originally Posted by AM 1 FIEND
Well at least the Marlins can find comfort in knowing that A-Rod will be a no show in October like them
Cold blooded.
First Born cold blooded? nah....
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We have. 26 of them to be exact.
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Im not even a big baseball fan, but that Marlins payroll is pathetic, spend some damn money to get some good players and maybe you'll get more fans to theball park
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im definietly making my kids play baseball
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that would hold more weight to me if george wasn't the richest owner in baseball. he just spends more money than everyone else. instead of people blaminggeorge for the large payroll, why aren't we blaming the other owners for not paying players to make their teams better?
george will pay what ever price to make sure his team has a chance at postseason success. i can't say the same for every other team. judging by the figuresyou posted, i would say that george loves his team $70 million more than the next owner.
george will pay what ever price to make sure his team has a chance at postseason success. i can't say the same for every other team. judging by the figuresyou posted, i would say that george loves his team $70 million more than the next owner.
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^ So every owner should overpay their players and also start paying them 20+ mil like the Yanks? Aging vet who is 4 years past his prime but still a decentplayer? Screw it lets give him 50 more mil for a few years. Then next year the next guy has to be paid 60. And so on.
The issue (to me at least) is not the Yankees screwing teams. It's that they are able to buy competitiveness. That's going to happen somewhat in sportsyes, but it shouldnt to the degree that is has the past decade in MLB. And you have a sport where your top team is paying 200 mil and your bottom team ispaying about 20. That's sad. Regardless of who's at fault. But again thats just me.
The Yanks pay their players the way they do cause they can. That's their right even if they overpay almost everyone when you look at market value.
The issue (to me at least) is not the Yankees screwing teams. It's that they are able to buy competitiveness. That's going to happen somewhat in sportsyes, but it shouldnt to the degree that is has the past decade in MLB. And you have a sport where your top team is paying 200 mil and your bottom team ispaying about 20. That's sad. Regardless of who's at fault. But again thats just me.
The Yanks pay their players the way they do cause they can. That's their right even if they overpay almost everyone when you look at market value.
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I don't care how good Arod is, I think we can all agree the man is getting way overpaid.
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Thats why I HATE the Yankees. I hope they never win again so they can realize they cant just go around buying everybody thats good. Nothing against AROD thoughbecause he is a good player. Not a $28 million player but a good one nonetheless.
I wish we didnt have this free agent crap either. Like the old days when teams stayed strong for awhile. We didnt have rich boy owners that went aroundoffering the highest bid to any player they want. The MLB needs a serious salary cap.
I wish we didnt have this free agent crap either. Like the old days when teams stayed strong for awhile. We didnt have rich boy owners that went aroundoffering the highest bid to any player they want. The MLB needs a serious salary cap.
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So the marlins will fix their attendance problem by having a domed stadium, while the Rays will fix theirs by having an open aired stadium. Hm
